[fosscomm] Wikileaks, Internet and Democracy - signature campaign

[Vickram Crishna]

On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Senthil S <senthilsos at yahoo.com> wrote:

> *Wikileaks, Internet and Democracy | http://wiki-leaks.wikispaces.com/*
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> Here is an excerpt from the Hindu Editorial which apprehends about the
> threat to freedom to disseminate information.
>
> " For instance, draft rule 3(2)(a) for intermediaries requires the user not
> to publish or display information that belongs to another person.
> Potentially, secret documents ferreted out by investigative journalists or
> whistleblowers in the public interest may be interpreted to belong to a
> third party — and blocked from the public domain" [
> http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article1515144.ece]
>
>
Edmund Burke: ‘The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good
men to do nothing.’


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Vickram
Fool On The Hill <http://communicall.wordpress.com>
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